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What We’re Reading Today: Lockdown Lowdown, Back In Business, Have Faith … And More

Some headlines that caught our eye.

Topic Of The Year

Telehealth should stay long after COVID-19 goes — Sally Pipes/Pacific Research Institute, Deseret News

A Movie Critic Reveals the Tragedy and Triumph of the Hideous Lockdowns — John Tamny, RealClearMarkets

Are lockdowns working? — Christopher Monckton, Watts Up With That

Time to start figuring out which businesses can reopen first and how — Karol Markowicz, New York Post

Correcting Recent U.S. Weekly Death Statistics for Incomplete Reporting — Roy Spencer

Whack-a-mole: the long run virus — The Grumpy Economist

Welcome Back, Plastic Bags — Kyle Smith, National Review

Instead of just flattening the COVID-19 curve, can we ‘crush’ it in 10 weeks? — Live Science

Matters Of Faith

How to turn social distancing into love — Rev. Ben Johnson, Acton Institute

Is The Claim Jesus Rose From The Dead Just Another Fairy Tale Like The Easter Bunny? — Mark Tapscott, HillFaith

3 Ways to Calm Anxiety and Sleep Problems During Quarantine — Megan Fox, PJ Media

Against Christian Authoritarianism — David French, The French Press

A Necessary Waiting Game — Jonathan Ellen, City Journal

Misc

Russia Salivating To Become The World’s Biggest Oil Producer — Ronald Stein, Eurasia Review

Biden Must Go — PowerLine

New Wyoming Law Lets Local Ranchers Sell Cuts of Meat Directly to Consumers — Baylen Linnekin, Reason

Democratic Presidential Clown Car Update — BattleSwarm Blog

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